To Relay or not to Relay…
One of the things I advocate is the use of a big relay on your foot drives. Disconnecting the motors from the Sabertooth means that the droid can be pushed…
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June 29, 2022
Astropixel Extras
The Astropixels sets are just bare bones electronics with no mounting hardware or such like. This is because there are so many different options and ways to attach them to…
June 9, 2022
Customising the Astropixels
Here I'll walk you through how to change a few aspects of your Astropixel setup so you can fine tune the settings to your liking. First step, you will need…
June 5, 2022
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Astropixels Soldering guide
There really isn't much to solder, but I put this quick guide together to help. (Pictures coming soon!) First of all, a quick one. One of the FLD needs an…
April 24, 2022
Astropixels, assemble!
The Astropixels come in two options. One as a fully assembled system, and one as a kit. Pre assembled Kit The assembled version has all the headers soldered, wires soldered…
April 23, 2022
Coding the AstroPixels
By default the AstroPixels will run standard R2 colours, with random HP lights. The code to do this is relatively simple and just a couple of dozen lines using the…
March 28, 2022
AstroPixels!
For a bit of history and understanding as to my reasoning, check my previous post. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WHzqFblB18 Components A standard R2 dome has 3 sets of lighting in it. There are…
March 17, 2022
Introducing…. The AstroPixels
After the success of producing the NeoPixel PSI boards, I wanted to do more. I wanted to do a simple, unified set of dome lights for a typical R2. And…
March 13, 2022
Simplifying the dome electronics with the ReelTwo library
Whilst doing the write up of my NeoPixelPSI boards I mentioned the ReelTwo library by Mimir a few times and thought I'd do a post about how I've been finding…
October 6, 2021
NeoPixelPSI – Using
So, you've got your new PSI boards and have them mounted in your droid, now you need to get them to do things! Code Examples ReelTwo My preferred solution is…
October 2, 2021